Multiple devices on cinema display

Hi all,
Im considering buying a cinema display. But i seem to have to following problem. There are probably lot's of people who ran into this but here my question.
i own a mac mini
macbook air
and a 'normal' pc also used for gaming.
The cinema display only has one display port. What can i do to connect al my devices. Using a kvm switch? In my opinion the connections that the screen offers are extremely poor for the price that you have to pay. If a decent solution can be found to connect them all im want to buy this setup. any recomendations

No. but with a little thought and planning, you could have much the same effect visually with application windows.

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